Aly Loves Lacquer

I am finally back! I recently moved back home for the summer, and finally unpacked my camera. So here is an awesome summer color, OPI Banana Bandana. This polish is a buttery crème with a super subtle shimmer. In fact, I think I might be imagining the shimmer :) It applied like a jelly almost, and took 4 coats to be completely opaque. Normally I am not a big fan of four-coaters, but this is so pretty I don't mind. It has a squishy look to it, so I guess it's more of a jelly crème.

These pictures are 4 coats OPI Banana Bandana and 1 coat Seche Vite.



Thanks for sticking with me when I was gone! I am so happy to be posting again :)

- Aly

It's Depression Awareness Week, and the depression ribbon is green, so I thought I would show you guys one of my favorite greens. This is Nubar Reef Green, a frosty lime green. It is very bright, and looks likes it glows on the nail. It applied absolutely perfectly, and took 2 coats. Normally I don't like frosts much, but this one is beautiful. It isn't too streaky and the frostiness actually brightens up the color a lot.

After a day or two of wearing OPI Dating a Royal, I decided to add two layers of Nubar 2010. Nubar 2010 is a clear polish filled with awesome flakies. It's so pretty. Check out the difference it made with OPI Dating a Royal! It's like a whole new polish. Nubar 2010's flakies shine orange, green, gold, and blue depending on the angle. What a cool flakie :)

1 coat OPI Dating a Royal, 2 coats Nubar 2010.

As Autism Awareness Month continues, I'm swatching all of my blue polishes. This is Nubar Indigo Illusion, a really strong duochrome lacquer. It covered incredibly well, with two thin coats for maximum opacity. It also dried very quickly, something that seems to be typical among Nubar polishes. The duochrome shines blue, green, gold, and mauve. I tried to capture some different angles, so you can see the different colors within Nubar Indigo Illusion. Trust me, a picture can't do this polish justice -- it's very beautiful and complex in real life.

Since it's Autism Awareness Month, I am swatching my blues for you. Here is Nubar Mali-Blue with China Glaze Harmony fauxnad. I used Bundle Monster plates for the design. Nubar Mali-Blue applied well with full coverage in 2 coats. It also dried very quickly, so that was nice. The pictures show 2 coats of Mali-Blue with China Glaze Harmony on top, and 1 coat of Seche Vite.



Hope you had a good weekend!

- Aly